Got The 1886 Deluxe Out With Some 405 Cast

[shrapnel]

I bought a nice deluxe 1886 rifle last winter and needed to shoot a deer with it. I had a doe tag, so I decided to get it with the '86. She is a real trophy and the gun looks good, back in the field...

https://i.imgur.com/gTbsuZM.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/427EV3k.jpg

[cwtebay]

My gosh that's a beautiful rifle!!!
Congrats on the mulie doe too!

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[eastbank]

292093 my 1886 in 40-82 did the job on this doe.

[ohiochuck]

Excellent rifle and job well done by the hunter!!
Half oct barrel- when was if made?
Jim

[Rick B]

A work of Art, being used for one of its intended purposes. Those old Winchester Craftsmen that produced that rifle, are looking down on you with great satisfaction.
Rick

[shrapnel]

Got another deer last night...

https://i.imgur.com/4qE2jhh.jpg

[veeman]

Great job! Good to see the old ones (rifle) make meat.

[fordwannabe]

Well done Shrapnel. Mine are o292115f course aren’t as nice as yours but they do work. Two years ago 45/70 405 rnfp. Didn’t go far

[Tazman1602]

I bought a nice deluxe 1886 rifle last winter and needed to shoot a deer with it. I had a doe tag, so I decided to get it with the '86. She is a real trophy and the gun looks good, back in the field...

https://i.imgur.com/gTbsuZM.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/427EV3k.jpg


That’s some of the nicest wood I’ve ever seen on a rifle…

Art

[Shawlerbrook]

That is a beautiful rifle ! Nothing like hunting with guns with a heritage. Shrapnel, you have some beautiful guns. Congratulations !!!

[Nathanj]

Nice guns fellas. I’m currently sitting in the stand hoping to break it in on a deer this year. Lol

[skeettx]

LOVELY firearm
Wow!
Thank you for sharing
Mike

[HD.375]

any real stories to the hunts or ?

placements looks fantastic - she sure is a shiney one!

nice work

[shrapnel]

any real stories to the hunts or ?

placements looks fantastic - she sure is a shiney one!

nice work

The back story of this type of deer hunting is my love for old guns. Many don't consider deer hunting really hunting unless you get a huge buck, elk or whatever species you hunt. I for one have always thought the gun is as much or more a part of hunting as the quarry is.

As a result I have shot a bunch of animals with these old guns. The doe was near the Canadian border and the buck on an edge of a ravine where stupidly I shot him and of course he went down into some nasty stuff and had to get help to get him out.

Anyhow, my hunting is more the appreciation of the gun than the size of the animal. I have taken some good animals though...

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[veeman]

Love those pics with the 76! Love them all, but the 76's are my favorite.

[Rick B]

Great pictures! Who is the maker and what caliber is the Jones Under lever double hammer rifle.
Rick

[Beaver Scout]

What is the caliber of the 94 TD and the 2 95's? I love to go shoot my old stuff too, it tends to ground me a bit from being spoiled with modern stuff.

[shrapnel]

Great pictures! Who is the maker and what caliber is the Jones Under lever double hammer rifle.
Rick

It is a Charles Clarke gun in 7X57R. I saw it at a gun show in Cody and couldn’t leave without it.

[shrapnel]

What is the caliber of the 94 TD and the 2 95's? I love to go shoot my old stuff too, it tends to ground me a bit from being spoiled with modern stuff.

The 94 is a 32-40 and the 95’s are 38-72 and 40-72. I look for the more obscure cartridges when I buy the old guns. The 40-72 picture is in the Winchester 1895 book by Kassab and Dunbar.

[Rick B]

Really nice rifle, owned and shot several back action Jones under lever BPE double rifles. Back in the 1980's the BPE doubles were very reasonably priced. In 1985 a close friend and I, flew to California for the Great Western Gunshow. Monday morning after the show, we drove to Jack First's Gunshop in Lancaster. He had just returned from a buying trip in South Africa. Most of the 15 rifles were BPE doubles. There were also several Alexander Henry Singles. Had to choose between a S.W. Silvers Double and a A. H. Single. It was a tough decision. They were both 500 3" BPE.

A Back action Jones under lever like yours in a modern mid bore cartridge is rare. Most of those rifles were chambered in 45-50 caliber BPE chambers. Glad to see it made it out n the field and made meat!
Rick

[Cosmic_Charlie]

Man, I got a real Jones going for a big bore rifle. Seems like a boolit caster has to have a 45-70, just like we all need a Super Blackhawk.

[Big Goose]

That is one heck of a 1886, simply grand ! I agree that hunting with old original guns is as much a part of the hunt as anything else. Kind of an almost tangible link with the past and whomever used that firearm.... maybe that's silly, but when I carry my Grandpa's 86 it's almost like he's there with me....
Again, thanks so much for posting the great pics, just awesome,
Big Goose

[thadfz]

Super cool rifles!

Great pics that tell a story of a longtime hunter [emoji41][emoji106]


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